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An influential Defense advisory board has a harsh critique of the Defense Department\u2019s strategies for recruiting talent into its civilian ranks: there isn\u2019t much of a strategy at all. The new Defense Business Board (DBB) study also found the Pentagon, as a general matter, doesn\u2019t have a discernible talent pipeline for civilians, and that little effort has been spent to market DoD as an attractive civilian employer. The board believes those and other factors put the department at a severe disadvantage to other employers, especially when it comes to mission-critical occupations with intense private sector competition, like nurses, software developers and logisticians.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices